Ajmairy
06-11-2010, 07:10 AM
G'day folks
The alarm of my wife's KF Verada has started going off every time a door/boot is opened. The horn sounds repeatedly for about 40 seconds and then stops. Which is embarrassing and becoming intolerable.
I didn't actually know the car had an alarm until the problem started. Of course, it's supposed to go off when the car has been parked and the system armed. However, it also happens even if you open a door while the car is still running.
She dropped in to a dealer who quickly hooked the car up to their computer but couldn't ID a problem. He re-coded the ignition code and her key but that didn't make any difference either - now my key needs to be re-coded too.
We've already spent $1500 on this car since we bought it as a "budget" 2nd car 3 months ago and I'm not looking forward to a potentially expensive hunt for an electrical problem.
Any suggestions?
The alarm of my wife's KF Verada has started going off every time a door/boot is opened. The horn sounds repeatedly for about 40 seconds and then stops. Which is embarrassing and becoming intolerable.
I didn't actually know the car had an alarm until the problem started. Of course, it's supposed to go off when the car has been parked and the system armed. However, it also happens even if you open a door while the car is still running.
She dropped in to a dealer who quickly hooked the car up to their computer but couldn't ID a problem. He re-coded the ignition code and her key but that didn't make any difference either - now my key needs to be re-coded too.
We've already spent $1500 on this car since we bought it as a "budget" 2nd car 3 months ago and I'm not looking forward to a potentially expensive hunt for an electrical problem.
Any suggestions?